Israel’s ambassador to the United States tells the Saudi-owned, Dubai-based Al Arabiya news network that he expects another Arab country to sign a normalization deal with Israel in the coming weeks.
“There are several countries where there are possibilities [for peace],” Ron Dermer says in the interview, which took place Friday and was aired today. “I don’t want to say this specific country or not, but there are several countries and we hope that we see another breakthrough very, very, soon — in the weeks, and months ahead.”
Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on August 13 they would establish full diplomatic relations, in a US-brokered deal that required Israel to halt its plan to annex parts of the West Bank.
The historic agreement delivered a key foreign policy victory to US President Donald Trump as he seeks reelection and reflected a changing Middle East in which shared concerns about Iran have largely overtaken traditional Arab support for the Palestinians.
US and Israeli officials have suggested that more Arab nations may soon follow the UAE’s lead, with Bahrain and Oman believed to be closest to sealing such deals.
— Agencies contributed
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